You might also want to check whether or not "view my desktop as a web page"
is not checked. If this is checked, things won't read correctly either.
TOUCHSTONE COMPUTER CONSULTING
Rodney Kelly, Adaptive Technology Specialist
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
----- Original Message -----
From: "K. Washington" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, December 19, 1999 9:31 AM
Subject: Re: help needed
> Hello. Will need a little more information about your computer. In
> general, JFW should read most things automatically when It's focused on
> it. If the desktop icons are not being read, it may be an issue with your
> display settings. For best results set the display color to "256" and the
> screen resolution to "600X800". If you're using a fancy wall paper,
choose
> something else a little more generic.
>
> At 09:44 AM 12/18/99 -0500, you wrote:
> >Hello,
> >I am a sighted teacher of the visually impaired. I am trying to learn
jaws
> >so that I can teacher the other teachers in my district how to use and
> >teach jaws to their students.
> >
> >I have several questions.
> >
> >How do I get jaws to read the desktop icons? Several times, I minimized
all
> >the applications to get to the desktop but jaws would not read the
desktop
> >icons. I also couldn't get jaws to turn off and I would not read my links
> >list when I was in internet explorer. I rebooted the computer and now it
> >works normally again. Any ideas what might have happened?
> >
> >Next question. If I am in internet explorer 5 and have finished reading
the
> >page, how do I get back to the top of the page?
> >
> >Next question. Could somebody explain to me about the insert-enter to
find
> >50 or more characters of text. Sometimes it finds it and sometimes it
doesn't.
> >
> >One more question for now. When I load a web page and then go back to
> >another page and then reload the first page, jaws doesn't begin reading
the
> >whole page. Is this supposed to happen? Why is this happening?
> >
> >Susie in Maryland
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